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Wether vs Wuther - What's the difference?

wether | wuther |

As verbs the difference between wether and wuther

is that wether is to castrate a male sheep or goat while wuther is (intransitive|archaic|dialectal) to make a rushing sound; to whizz.

As a noun wether

is a castrated buck goat.

wether

English

Alternative forms

* (dialectal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A castrated buck goat.
  • A castrated ram.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1527 , author=George Joye , title= The storie of my state after the bishop had receyued the pryours letters , chapter= citation , isbn= , page= , passage=There was a great fyer in the chamber, the wether was colde, and I saw now and then a Bishop come out;}} (cited after Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1866, p. 8)

    Derived terms

    * bellwether

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To castrate a male sheep or goat.

    • wuther

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To make a rushing sound; to whizz.
  • (intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To shake vigorously.

    • Synonyms

    * whither

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989